Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 60 McChrystal 55 Petraeus 51 Kayani 51 Karzai 50 Gen. Stanley McChrystal 50 Khalilzad 49 Odierno 48 General Stanley McChrystal 48 McKiernan 48 Eide 47 Abizaid 47 Afghanistan 47 Holbrooke 47 Afghan 46 Rumsfeld 46 David Petraeus 45 Lute 45 Mattis 44 President Hamid Karzai 43 Morrell 43 NATO 43 Mullen 42 Shinseki 42 Kabul 42 Musharraf 41 Negroponte 41 counterinsurgency 41 Richard Holbrooke 41 Afghans 41 Helmand 40 troop buildup 40 Lugar 40 troop surge 40 counterinsurgency strategy 40 Ryan Crocker 40 Mike Mullen 40 Hillier 40 Wardak 39 John Abizaid 39 Bob Woodward 39 Geren 39 Taliban insurgency 38 Nato 38 Hagel 38 Zardari 38 Powell 38 Gilani 38 Panetta 38 ISAF 38 Gen Musharraf 38 Kahler 38 Haqqani 38 Cartwright 38 Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad 38 al Maliki 38 Hamid Karzai 37 de Hoop Scheffer 37 Gates 37 Jamali 37 Bremer 37 Taliban 37 troop reductions 37 John Negroponte 37 Kagan 37 Brahimi 37 Pakistan 37 Marine Corps 37 Galbraith 36 Clapper 36 Marjah 36 Uruzgan 36 resurgent Taliban 36 Kandahar 36 President Pervez Musharraf 36 Colin Powell 36 Mukasey 36 Pentagon 36 Morlock 36 Hayden 36 Mullah Omar 36 Pashtun 36 Plouffe 36 Brownlee 36 Frontier Corps 35 Warner R Va 35 Craddock 35 Wagoner 35 Bybee 35 drone attacks 35 Mehsud 35 Maliki 35 Kandahar province 35 commanders 35 Durbin 35 Dobbins 35 Pashtuns 35 Iraq 35 Michael Bennet 35 Zebari 35 Wesley Clark 35 Helmand province